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Events in the year 2004 in the People's Republic of China.
Incumbents Events February - February 15 Two fires sweep through China, one in a shopping center and the other in a temple, killing at least 90 and injuring 71.[1]
April October - October 21 In Xinmi, China, a gas explosion in a coal mine kills 62 people; 86 are still missing.[3][4]
November - November 1 Martial law is imposed in parts of China's Henan province after fighting between Hui Chinese and Han Chinese ethnic groups kills between 7 and 148 people.[5][6]
- November 26 A man kills eight and injures four people with a knife at a Chinese high school in Ruzhou, Henan.[7][8]
- November 28 An coal mine explosion in China kills over 150.
December - December 3 The People's Republic of China launches a new long-range nuclear submarine and an accompanying class of ballistic missiles, with a range in excess of , developed by the People's Liberation Army.
Deaths - February 14 Yang Chengwu, Chinese military strategist
- March 23 Chen Zhongwei, Chinese physician. One of the pioneers of the process of reattaching severed limbs.
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